John Ray Way: White Notley Approach Traditional Cache
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John Ray Way: White Notley Approach
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This cache series is along the John Ray walk between Witham and White Notley stations and will continue to Braintree. The route will pass other caches already placed by other members. The caches do not have pens or pencils so please bring your own.
John Ray (29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705) was an English naturalist, sometimes referred to as the father of English natural history. Until 1670, he wrote his name as John Wray. From then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him".
He published important works on botany, zoology, and natural theology. His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum, was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Ray rejected the system of dichotomous division by which species were classified according to a pre-conceived, either/or type system, and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. Thus he advanced scientific empiricism against the deductive rationalism of the scholastics. He was the first to give a biological definition of the term species.
**Continue along the path into White Notley and the station. There are other caches here well worth a visit. There are trains from here to both Braintree and Witham. This is the only station, other than the start and finish, you will encounter on the walk**
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